ApacheCon 2001 Dublin Cancelled

The ApacheCon Europe 2001 conference scheduled for Dublin in
October has been cancelled, due to financial difficulties
with Camelot Communications. Camelot are the production
company who produced all but the very first ApacheCon
conferences. The Apache Software Foundation today released
the following statement:

Due to financial considerations beyond our control and
unrelated to past ApacheCon conferences, our conference
producer has decided that they are unable to produce the
upcoming ApacheCon Europe 2001 in Dublin. With only three
months left before the conference was scheduled to begin, The
Apache Software Foundation has decided that it is in the best
interests of attendees to cancel the show now rather than
attempt to find another conference organizer for the Dublin
event.

We had suspected there was a problem with the conference when
we were contacted by Peter Moulding, a speaker at ApacheCon
2001 in Santa Clara. Peter said that he had not had his
travel refunded and that the conference organisers, Camelot
Communications, had
called him to tell him they were closing the company. We
were unable to get an official response from Camelot or the
Apache Software Foundation in time to run the story in issue
254 (13th July 2001).

It is disappointing that Camelot is unable to produce the
conference; the previous conferences that they have run have
been well attended, made a profit, and been highly rewarding
for everyone involved. The Apache Software Foundation are
about to begin evaluating proposals by other conference
organisers so that future ApacheCon events will not be
affected. More news in Apache Week and on the conference web site as
it becomes available.